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Sorry it took so long. Still been sick, but then I wasn't able to get this posted for the past two days too. Guess there were some problems or something. Oh well, here's more. I haven't given up. :-) Thanks for all the reviews.

ON THE ROAD

Anna made her way to school, knowing that no one would look for her there, and found a payphone calling a cab. She was happy that she only had to wait ten minutes, and made her way to the bus station. Once she arrived, she gave the driver a twenty and ran inside. Anna knew that Irene could and would track her with the credit cards, so she had to wait nearly until boarding to pay for her ticket. There was a bus that was traveling to New Orleans in about an hour, so she waited it out and paid for it fifteen minutes before departure. She didn't mind the ride, since she would be there by tomorrow afternoon, but she had no idea as to how to find Remy when she got there. Anna was just so worried, she could hardly handle it. She had ran out of her home, left Irene and everything she was so grateful to have, all on a whim. No longer being able to handle all of the thoughts in her mind, she decided to go to sleep.

It was about six o'clock in the morning when the bus made a pit stop. Anna decided to get out and stretch her legs, and maybe go and pick up something to eat in the convenience store. But as soon as she stepped out she quickly hid, seeing that there were a few policeman talking with the driver. So Anna made her way around to the back of the store and took off to find another way to New Orleans. She quickly found out that she was just outside of Louisiana, but did not know where to go. It was six in the morning, and she knew that there was no way she was going to find someone to pick her up as a hitchhiker. But that is when she saw it, a nearly empty train. It just stopped to change tracks, so she went running. No one would catch her because of her credit cards riding for free as cargo. She made sure that no one saw her and she jumped in.

Anna had never been to New Orleans, but she knew she was there none the less, as everyone was preparing for Mardi Gras. Her first thought had been food, so she went into a little dinner, as it had been about six hours since she last ate. Anna was quietly drinking her coffee in a booth when she overheard a man talking about the LeBeau's. She couldn't quite tell in his tone if he was a friend of them or not, as he was not getting specific, and feeling a little bit desperate, decided to ask.

"Excuse meh, Ah couldn't help but over hear ya'lls conversation. Ya'll know the LeBeau's?" One of them turned to her, eyeing her in a way she knew she did not like.

"Why ya ask chere?"

"Ah was lookin' fer someone." he grinned.

"Dat right. Maybe we help each other den, non." She definitely didn't like the way he just said that. Desperately trying to hold back her anger, she replied, "Do ya'll know 'um or not?"

This time the other man replied.

"We know dat familie. What ya need ta know?" He told her straight forward, not even looking at her.

"Just where Ah could fahnd them, that's all." The man stood, taking one last sip of his coffee, and stepped closer towards Anna.

"We be goin' dat way, if ya want ta come chere. Don't worry, contrary ta popular belief, we Bourdeaux don't bite."